Supreme Court · 1958 INSC 74 · Decided 3 October 1958
Pranab Kumar Mitra v. The State of West Bengal and Another
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1958 INSC 74 · [1959] SUPP. 1 S.C.R. 63
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 116/1956
- Decided
- 3 October 1958
- Bench
- SUDHI RANJAN DAS, NATWARLAL HARILAL BHAGWATI, BHUVNESHWAR PRASAD SINHA, K. SUBBA RAO, K.N. WANCHOO (5-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 420; CrPC Section 435, 439
Headnote
SUPREME COURT REPORTS 63 PRAN AB KUMAR MITRA v. THE STATE OF WEST BENGAL AND ANOTHER (S. R. DAS 0. J., BHAGW ATI, B. P. SINHA, SuBBA RAo and K. N. WANOHOO JJ.) Criminal Revision~Death of ·petitioner pending hearing­ Application by legal representative to be added as party-Power of High power conferred on the High Court by s. 439 read with s. 435 of the Code of Criminal Procedure to examine the correctness, legality or propriety of any finding, sentence or order passed by an inferior Court and, where it chooses to interfere either suo motu or at the instance of a
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